across

¹across

adv
\ə-ˈkrȯs, chiefly dialect -ˈkrȯst\

Definition of ACROSS

1

: in a position reaching from one side to the other : crosswise

2

: to or on the opposite side

3

: so as to be understandable, acceptable, or successful <get an argument across>

Examples of ACROSS

1. The streams are small enough to jump across.
2. They walked across to the other side of the street.
3. They reached across and shook each other's hand.
4. At its widest point, the pond measures 150 feet across.
5. I saw them crossing the street and I waited until they were safely across.

Origin of ACROSS

Middle English acros, from Anglo-French an crois, from an in (from Latin in) + crois cross, from Latin crux

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to ACROSS

Synonyms: over, athwart, through

Related Words: clear

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Rhymes with ACROSS

backcross, brown sauce, bugloss, club moss, crisscross, duck sauce, emboss, Greek cross, hard sauce, Kinross, kouros, lacrosse, oakmoss, outcross, pathos, peat moss, pit boss, Red Cross, ringtoss, straw boss, tau cross, topcross, uncross, white sauce